Reviewing Grown Rogue International (OTCMKTS:GRUSF) and Village Farms International (NASDAQ:VFF)

Grown Rogue International (OTCMKTS:GRUSF) and Village Farms International (NASDAQ:VFF) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Grown Rogue International and Village Farms International, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grown Rogue International	0	0	0	0	N/A
Village Farms International	0	0	1	0	3.00

Village Farms International has a consensus target price of $1.20, indicating a potential upside of 29.05%. Given Village Farms International’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Village Farms International is more favorable than Grown Rogue International.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Grown Rogue International and Village Farms International”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grown Rogue International	$23.35 million	5.89	-$130,000.00	$0.01	66.00
Village Farms International	$313.99 million	0.33	-$31.80 million	($0.25)	-3.72

Grown Rogue International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Village Farms International. Village Farms International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grown Rogue International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Grown Rogue International and Village Farms International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grown Rogue International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Village Farms International	-15.98%	-8.10%	-5.30%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

9.3% of Grown Rogue International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of Village Farms International shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.2% of Grown Rogue International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Village Farms International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Grown Rogue International beats Village Farms International on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Grown Rogue International

Grown Rogue International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells cannabis products in the United States. It offers a range of cultivars for consumers, such as indicas, sativas, and hybrids; strain-specific prepackaged flowers; and pre-roll pack products, as well as provides consulting services. The company sells its products through direct-to-retail delivery and third-party delivery, wholesalers, and processors. Grown Rogue International Inc. is headquartered in Medford, Oregon.

About Village Farms International

Village Farms International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, markets, and sells greenhouse-grown tomatoes, bell peppers, and cucumbers in North America. It operates through four segments: Produce, Cannabis-Canada, Cannabis-U.S., and Energy. The company also produces and supplies cannabis products to other licensed providers and provincial governments in Canada and internationally; develops and sells cannabinoid-based health and wellness products, including ingestible, edibles, and topical applications; and produces power. It markets and distributes its products under the Village Farms brand name to retail supermarkets and fresh food distribution companies, as well as products produced under exclusive and non-exclusive arrangements from greenhouse supply partners. The company was formerly known as Village Farms Canada Inc. and changed its name to Village Farms International, Inc. in December 2009. Village Farms International, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Delta, Canada.